condition

noun

a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.

state of health: He was reported to be in critical condition.

fit or requisite state: to be out of condition; to be in no condition to run.

social position: in a lowly condition.

a restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance: It can happen only under certain conditions.

a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite; that on which something else is contingent: conditions of acceptance.

Usually conditions.existing circumstances: poor living conditions.

something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation: He accepted on one condition.

Law.

a stipulation in an agreement or instrument transferring property that provides for a change consequent on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a stated event.

the event upon which this stipulation depends.

Informal. an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body: heart condition; skin condition.

U.S. Education.

a requirement imposed on a college student who fails to reach the prescribed standard in a course at the end of the regular period of instruction, permitting credit to be established by later performance.

condition

noun

a particular state of being or existence; situation with respect to circumstancesthe human condition

something that limits or restricts something else; a qualificationyou may enter only under certain conditions

(plural)external or existing circumstancesconditions were right for a takeover

state of health or physical fitness, esp good health (esp in the phrases in condition, out of condition)

an ailment or physical disabilitya heart condition

something indispensable to the existence of something elseyour happiness is a condition of mine

something required as part of an agreement or pact; termsthe conditions of the lease are set out

law

a declaration or provision in a will, contract, etc, that makes some right or liability contingent upon the happening of some event

the event itself

logica statement whose truth is either required for the truth of a given statement (a necessary condition) or sufficient to guarantee the truth of the given statement (a sufficient condition)See sufficient (def. 2), necessary (def. 3e)

mathslogica presupposition, esp a restriction on the domain of quantification, indispensable to the proof of a theorem and stated as part of it